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Conrad 1/Lolium perenne

Perennial ryegrass
Preserves playing quality with superior fusarium patch tolerance and persistency

Rating
DensityFineness of leavesWear toleranceResistance to rust

Excellent winter colour
Performs in sport and lawn mixtures
Very persistent variety
Excellent resistance to Fusarium patch


Swiss knife

Conrad 1 shows very large adaptation with high rankings in three countries with thorough testing of new turf grass varieties:

RSM Germany 2009 edition:

Fair performance for Ornamental purpose (6) and excellent for Sport (8) and Lawn (8).

STRI UK 2009 edition:

For sport purpose Conrad 1 shows excellent winter greenness important in all regions where the main playing season is autumn-winter-spring. Fineness of leaf and red thread resistance is among the best. For lawn purpose the winter greenness stands out again as well as the fineness of leaf.

Grasgids – The Netherlands 2009 edition:

For sport purpose Conrad 1 is ranking third (out of 27) for overall performance and shows better Fusarium (Microdochium patch disease) resistance and persistency than all other varieties. For lawn purpose Conrad 1 is ranking 8 (out of 29) and again shows the best persistency and Fusarium resistance.

Color:

Medium green.

Uses

Sport and lawn where winter performance is important.

Superior persistency and Fusarium resistance

SportLawnScore for
Conrad 18,58,5Persistency
second best performer8,58,5Persistency
Conrad 18,88,5Fus. resistance
second best performer8,58,1Fus. resistance

Source: Grasgids (NL) 2009 edition. 9 = best performance